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<H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3>
lrepeat &mdash; Build a list by repeating elements
<H3><A NAME="M3">SYNOPSIS</A></H3>
<B>lrepeat </B><I>count </I>?<I>element ...</I>?<BR>
<H3><A NAME="M4">DESCRIPTION</A></H3>
The <B>lrepeat</B> command creates a list of size <I>count * number of
elements</I> by repeating <I>count</I> times the sequence of elements
<I>element ...</I>.  <I>count</I> must be a non-negative integer,
<I>element</I> can be any Tcl value.  Note that <B>lrepeat 1 element ...</B>
is identical to <B>list element ...</B>.
<H3><A NAME="M5">EXAMPLES</A></H3>
<PRE><B>lrepeat</B> 3 a
      <I><font size="+1">&rarr;</font> a a a</I>
<B>lrepeat</B> 3 [<B>lrepeat</B> 3 0]
      <I><font size="+1">&rarr;</font> {0 0 0} {0 0 0} {0 0 0}</I>
<B>lrepeat</B> 3 a b c
      <I><font size="+1">&rarr;</font> a b c a b c a b c</I>
<B>lrepeat</B> 3 [<B>lrepeat</B> 2 a] b c
      <I><font size="+1">&rarr;</font> {a a} b c {a a} b c {a a} b c</I></PRE>
<H3><A NAME="M6">SEE ALSO</A></H3>
<B><A HREF="../TclCmd/list.htm">list</A></B>, <B><A HREF="../TclCmd/lappend.htm">lappend</A></B>, <B><A HREF="../TclCmd/linsert.htm">linsert</A></B>, <B><A HREF="../TclCmd/llength.htm">llength</A></B>, <B><A HREF="../TclCmd/lset.htm">lset</A></B>
<H3><A NAME="M7">KEYWORDS</A></H3>
<A href="../Keywords/E.htm#element">element</A>, <A href="../Keywords/I.htm#index">index</A>, <A href="../Keywords/L.htm#list">list</A>
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